torment

torment音标

英 [ˈtɔ:ment]

美 [ˈtɔ:rment]

torment基本释义

n.苦痛；拷问；折磨；烦恼

vt.使苦恼；折磨

torment用法及例句

n.(名词)

痛苦，苦恼，苦痛

拷问，拷问台

苛责

讨厌的东西

苦难，煎熬，折磨

痛苦的根源，苦难之源，痛苦的原因，烦恼的原因

原意刑具

v.(动词)

折磨，使痛苦，使苦恼，使烦恼，使备受折磨

捉弄，作弄，戏弄，欺负

歪曲，曲解

拷问，拷打

使混乱

虐待

折腾取乐

侵扰，烦扰，纠缠

不得安宁，辗转苦思

搅动，搅起

v.(动词)

vt. 折磨; 戏弄; 烦扰 cause severe suffering to sb; tease or annoy sb

noun

1. the act of harassing someone

Synonym: badgeringworryingbedevilment

2. a severe affliction

Synonym: curse

3. intense feelings of sufferingacute mental or physical pain

e.g. an agony of doubtthe torments of the damned

Synonym: agonytorture

4. extreme mental distress

Synonym: anguishtorture

5. a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented

e.g. so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors

Synonym: harassment

6. unbearable physical pain

Synonym: torture

verb

1. subject to torture

e.g. The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible

Synonym: tortureexcruciate

2. torment emotionally or mentally

Synonym: tortureexcruciaterack

3. treat cruelly

e.g. The children tormented the stuttering teacher

Synonym: ragbedevilcrucifydunfrustrate

The noun is pronounced /'tɔːment/. The verb is pronounced /tɔː'ment/. 名词读作/'tɔːment/。动词读作 /tɔː'ment/。

1. 极度痛苦；苦恼万分；折磨Torment is extreme suffering, usually mental suffering.

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e.g. The torment of having her baby kidnapped is written all over her face.因孩子被绑架所受的万分折磨全写在她脸上。e.g. He spent days in torment while the police searched for his stolen car.在警方搜寻他遭窃汽车的同时，他在极度苦恼中过了好些天。

2. 使人痛苦的事;折磨人的事A torment is something that causes extreme suffering, usually mental suffering.

e.g. Sooner or later most writers end up making books about the torments of being a writer...或早或晚，大多数作家*终都会著书讲述身为作家的苦恼。e.g. Outdoors, mosquitoes and midges were a perpetual torment.在户外，蚊子和蠓虫永远让人不得安生。

3. 折磨;使痛苦万分If something torments you, it causes you extreme mental suffering.

e.g. At times the memories returned to torment her...有时，她再度想起往事，又会痛苦万分。e.g. He had lain awake all night, tormented by jealousy.他彻夜未眠，深受嫉妒的折磨。

4. 戏弄;作弄If you torment a person or animal, you annoy them in a playful, rather cruel way for your own amusement.

e.g. My older brother and sister used to torment me by singing it to me.哥哥姐姐以前常唱那首歌来戏弄我。

1. 折磨：她认为自己*成功的表演作品是<>(Torment),由伯格曼编剧,斯约伯格执导. 在片中,她饰演一个受虐待狂老师折磨的少女. 1946年,柴特琳来到英格兰剧院工作. 参演了契诃夫、易卜生等的戏剧以及一些英国电影.

2. torment是什么意思

2. 寻衅：40. Aerial Ace 燕返 | 41. Torment 寻衅 | 42. Facade 空元气

常用例句

词汇搭配

用作动词(v.)

由于…烦扰 tease or annoy sb because of sthtorment sb/oneself with sth

Tom torments everyone with silly questions.

汤姆老提些愚蠢幼稚的问题,所以大家都烦他。

He tormented himself with doubts about his ability.

他对自己的能力没有信心,这使他感到痛苦。

She tormented herself with suspicion, fear and jealousy.

她受到猜疑、恐惧和妒忌的折磨。

She was tormented with toothache.

她受牙痛的折磨。

He was tormented with stings of conscience.

他受到良心的谴责。

用作动词(v.)

Don't torment yourself.别自寻烦恼。

The little boy tormented his sister.这个小男孩想方设法烦扰他的妹妹。

The knowledge of his guilt tormented him.知道了自己的罪责使他非常痛苦。

This disease of mine will torment me for life.我这种病使我终生痛苦。

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

torment barbarously野蛮地折磨

torment constantly长久地折磨

torment devilishly可恶地折磨

torment endlessly无限地折磨

torment fiendishly残忍地折磨

torment heartlessly无情地折磨

～+介词

torment by为…而苦

torment to折磨到…地步

torment with由于…受折磨

Jeff..always had this torment going on inside him.

出自：G. Stein

I deserve all the torments hell can inflict.

出自：M. Das

Those nightmare doubts that..torment us.

出自：D. L. Sayers

Nothing could repel the tormenting flies that..hit one's face.

出自：O. Manning

History will not..solve the great questions which have tormented..every generation.

出自：Isaiah Berlin

词语用法

v.(动词)

torment的基本意思是“折磨”“使痛苦”,指用令人烦恼的痛苦事或令人感到痛苦的人或事折磨某人,使其在肉体或精神上遭受长期持续的痛苦。

torment是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。

近义词

反义词

临近词

molest骚扰

anguish苦闷

bane祸害

afflict使苦恼

pest害虫

dun讨债

harrow耙

curse诅咒

bedevilment着魔

distress不幸

excruciate使苦恼

crucify钉在十字架上处死...

agony极度的痛苦

worry撕咬

badgering动词badger的现在进...

badger獾

bedevil使痛苦

irritate激怒

grief悲痛

harassment骚扰

suffering痛苦

taunt辱骂

rag破布

harry不断骚扰

frustrate挫败

trouble困难

bother烦扰

rack行李架

torture拷问

persecute迫害

pester纠缠

pain痛苦

inflame激怒

annoy使恼怒

plague瘟疫

worrying令人担心的

misery痛苦

sorrow悲伤

agonize(使)极度痛苦...

harass使疲乏

nuisance讨厌的人

heckle以麻梳梳理

tease揶揄者

comfort舒适

Tormenta

tormenter

tormentor

tornado

torch

tormentress

tormento

Tormentol

tormentil

tormentum

Tormenti

tormenting

相关列句

Can you see why his name was changed into a verb meaning "to tease or torment by arousing desire”?(你知道为什么他的名字变成了一个动词，意思是“通过激起欲望来戏弄或折磨”吗？)

But his second wife is "more beautiful, more difficult, more of a torment".(但是他的第二任妻子“更漂亮、更难相处、让他更痛苦”。)

At times the memories returned to torment her.(有时这些记忆会又来折磨她。)

The psychological torment of waiting to be attacked was almost worse than the attacks themselves.(等着被袭击甚至比袭击本身更折磨人。)

You said,"Don't torment me so—I'll tell!"(你说：“不要这样折磨我——我说出来就是了。”)

Her generation at least didn't have the Internet to torment themselves with.(她们那一代人至少还不用受互联网的折磨。)

The world’s injustices torment him.(但是他却受到世界不公正的折磨。)

Besides, is it just to torment one man for the crime of another?(再说，因为一个人的罪过而折磨另一个人，这正当么？)

The flies were a terrible torment.(苍蝇一度肆虐。)

The hours wasted away, and hunger came to torment the captives again.(时间一分一秒地过去了，饥饿再次折磨着他们。)